Knockdown toy



(No Model.)

H. s. KEER. KNOGKDOWN TOY.

No. 518,067. Patented Apr. 10 1894.

w/r/vEsfsEs UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH S. KERR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

KNOCKDOWN TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 518,067, dated April 10, 1894. I Application led January 19, 1894. l Serial No.49'7i393. (No model.)

To aZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH S. KERR, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have linvented certain Improvements in Knockdown Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to-make a knock down toy of card board or sheet metal in sections having the form ofa star, so that when the several sections4 are placed in position one above another they Will form an ornamental tower which will be attractive to children and which will require a certain amount of skill to build.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure l, is a side view of a tower constructed of the several sections. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tower. Fig. 3, is a view of one of the sections spread out. Fig. 4, is a view of another section spread out; and Fig. 5, is a View of the section shown in Fig. 3, folded.

While I prefer to make the sections of inoderately thick card board that they can be bent without breaking, they may be made of sheet tin, brass or other pliable material.

Referring to Fig. 3, A is the body of the section projectingfrom which are ivetriangular portions a shapedeto represent With the body portion a tive pointed star. Incisions b are made at the junction of the'triangular portions and the body, as shown in Fig. 3, and may be of any depth desired. When the triangular portions are bent down on the line oo so that all the'points Will project at right angles to the body as shown in Fig. 5, the distortion of the bodyportion and the several triangular sections is prevented as the bend is on a straight line from one incision to the other. The points e, which are formed by the incisions, project as shown so that the points'of an adjoining star can be readily inserted in the incisions b, as shown in Fig. 1; the points being tapered can be forced down until their edges rest against the ends of the incisions, thus making a firm support; one after another of the star shaped sections can be bent and mounted as shown in Fig. 1, and a moderately high tower can thus be formed. The triangular points of the stars shown in Fig. 3, can be further ornamented by `projecting from each side points a (Fig. 4) which form with the extreme ends of the points ct, the three points of a star, the other points being indicated by printing orimpressing the card. The section can be further ornamented by a series of small stars printed on the body portion as shown on the section B in Fig. 4, and incisions may be made so as to project one or more point-s. In the present instance, as shown in Figs. l and 2, I

`form a special toppiece for the tower securing three star shaped pieces together, the lower section A being bent down so as to engage with the section below it, the intermediate section A being made perfectly iiat and the points of the upper section A2 are bent toward each other and the extreme ends of the points are bent outward. In order to hold the points of the section A2 .in positlon I pass a rubber band or cord around the bu nched points, as shown in Fig. 1. This top section may be altered without departing from the main feature/ofrny invention. The sections can be stamped out of cardboard and sold in numbers in the dat condition so as toV take up very little room yet when the tower is made it will be quite bulky and ornamental. The sections may be made in different colors and ornamented in any manner desirable and the blanks for the sections may be made in sheets suitably printed so that the designs can be readily cut out and the proper incisions made.

I claimas my invention.-

1. A star shaped section of a knock down toy having incisions at the junction of the triangular portions with the body, substantially as described. v 2. The combination in a knock down toy,

of the star shaped sections, each section consisting of the central body portion Aand triangular projecting portions a having points e at the base of each triangular portion made by incisions, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the star shaped sec tion A having incisions at the junction of the base and the points, the section B, star shaped at each point having projections a forming the two points of a star which are printedupon the said'seotion, the points of one section being adapted to the incisions in an adjoining section to make a tower, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HUGH S.'KERR. Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. BARR, JOSEPH H. KLEIN. 

